President to seek funds for U S role in Geneva disarmament talks
President Coolidge plans to ask Congress next week for funds to support American participation in the Geneva preparatory commission on disarmament. The exact amount is not disclosed but expected to be modest. Congress faces uncertainty over personnel and agency agendas as Washington weighs Washington’s stance and the commission outlines possible topics.
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Washtibelin
Jane
Coolidge
Congress
Geneva
Porter
Republica
Pennsylvania
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Kellogg
State Department
Minster
Coitier
Berne
Switzerland
Washington
Gibson
United States
Army
Navy
Army Hay
War and
Navy Departments
Cannon Delivers Inspiring Speech to Young People
Memph is Jan 2 AP Bishop James Gannon of Washington DC urged Methodist Young People at their convention that youth must accept fundamental facts of life and human relations to build a safe nation. He warned the US is a beacon of Christianity yet plagued by crime, urging law enforcement and youth awareness. George L. Collins of New York spoke on the War's challenge, questioning abolition if war is a personal crisis.
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Memphism
James Gannon
Washington, D. C
Methodist Young, People's Convention
Cannon
United States
Endian
Bishop Cannon
George L. Collins
New York
Stand Collapse Kills Two at Tournament of Roses Day
Pasadena reports two dead from yesterday’s grand stand collapse as floral pageant spectators, 850 plus in attendance, faced injuries. Mrs. Borich of Dallas died overnight. Mrs. Sherman of Los Angeles died of cerebral hemorrhage from shock. Over 200 hurt. over 100 treated at Pasadena Hospital. Investigations by Pasadena City Directors, the DA’s office, and the county grand jury underway.
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Pasadena
Calif
H.3. Borich
Dallas
Tex
California
Caroline” Sherman
Los Angeles
Borich
Sherman
Pasadena Hospital
District Attorney's Office
County Grand Jury
Turpentine Plant Explosion Kills Men and Wounds Many
A Newport News turpentine plant explosion leaves a death toll rising to twelve or more with many injured and five workers missing. Fire devastates a large complex as flames trap victims behind barriers. crews struggle to recover bodies amid widespread damage estimated at two million dollars.
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Pensacola
Dan
Fremen
Newport Tar & ‘Turpentine Company
Miners Denounce Arbitration Idea in New York Wage Talks
Reports from Wilkes Barre indicate three anthracite districts of the United Mine Workers oppose arbitration. District officials say rank and file reaction supports leaders against arbitration, with Rinaldo Cappellini noting under age conditions arbitration would be unacceptable to miners.
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Wilkes Barre
United Mine Workers
New York
Rinaldo Cappellini
District N. J
Expedition to follow sun across the world
Detroit dispatch reports Detroit Aviation Society plans an Arctic flight from Point Barrow to chase the sun around the world. Captain George H. Wilkins leads the expedition aiming to reach the geographic pole at midnight with continuous daylight and minimal sun altitude. If land is found between Point Barrow and the ice pole, a return and mapping voyage will follow. otherwise the team will attempt a first flight over the top of the world to Spitzbergen about 9,100 miles away.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit Aviation Society
Point Barrow
Alaska
George H. Wilkins
North Pole
Wilkins
Ice Pole
World
Spitzbergen
Point Bartow
Tribesmen Use Head Shrinking As Mark Of Kill
Washington reports Commodore Dyott returning from a visit describing the Jibaro tribe of Peru who sever heads and shrink hands to the size of fists as a ritual method to confirm the principal enemy’s death. He notes such practices reveal primitive traits in so-called advanced races.
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Washington
Peru
Davage
Commodore &. M. Dyatt
Jenamy
Dyott
Appellate Court Upholds Forbes Trial Verdict
The United States Court of Appeals upholds the conviction of Colonel Ules Forbes former head of the Veterans Bureau and John W Thomson contractor on conspiracy to defraud the government over hospital contracts. Sentences of two years and $10 000 fines stand. appeal to the Supreme Court possible.
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Chicago
Jari
Lrles R. Forbes
United States Veterans’ Bure
John W. Thomson
St. Lo i
Veterans’ Hospitals
United States Cixouit Court of Appeal
Capieces
Senato
Supreme Court
A. B. Anderson
G. T. Page
Thompson
Elias
Mortimer
Forbes
Moortimer
Republic of Columbia
South America
Supreme Court Wold
Egg Laid In Air Eaten For Tea by Aviator
A Napier aircraft flying London to Paris carried six ducks. One laid an egg during flight at about 700 miles an hour. The pilot boiled the egg for tea after landing in France.
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Paris
London
France
Weather Outlook for Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee
Virginia shows increasing clouds with rain in the south portion Sunday afternoon or night and rain on Monday with little temperature change. North Carolina remains cloudy with rain Sunday afternoon or night and Monday with variable winds becoming moderate from the east. Tennessee expects rain Sunday and Monday with little temperature change.
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Virginia
South Portion
North Carolina
Tennessee
Weeks aims to probe Mitchell case over Weeks letter
Rep Garrett to introduce a resolution asking that Secretary Weeks letter to President Coolidge be sent to the House and examined by the judiciary committee to determine if it breaches House privilege and if legal changes are needed to shield witnesses from punishment for truthful testimony. The letter, read at a court martial, justified Mitchells reassignment to the air service and was later placed in the record.
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Washington, Dan
House
Weeks
William Mitchell
Army Air Service
Representative Garrett
Tennessee
Coolidge
Mitchell
Nartial
Seretary” Davis
Garrett
Aveton
War
Sno
Mitchel
Air Service
Army
Lange
Colonel Mitchell
Grimmates
Navy Department
American Colonel Morrow to sail home for talks with Coolidge
Avica Chile January 2 Colonel I J Morrow American member of the Tacna Arica Boundary Commission will sail for the United States tomorrow He is to confer with President Coolidge as arbitrator in the Tacna Arica dispute which has hampered the commission’s work His successor Senor Grove left Southern Chile today to explain the Chilean difficulties
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Avica
Chile
I. J. Morrow
Tacna-Aries Boundary Commission
United States
Coolidge
Nun
Senor Grove
Giant Tide of Desolation Threatens Belgian Lives
Reports from Brussels and Amsterdam describe massive floods isolating ten thousand homes and causing widespread destruction. King Albert and ministers direct relief as trains fail and rations are distributed. Belgium faces losses rivaling past wars amid rising waters threatening cities like Liege and Gent.
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Leige
Aillion
France
Sheen
Alb
Gentral Bzium
Lyns
Battle Between Strikers and Truck Drivers Stuns Scranton
In Scranton on January 2, over 50 men and women clashed with motorcycle patrolmen and eight truck drivers at Leggett's coal cellar. A man was beaten, left in need of hospital care, and several arrests followed as clubs, missiles, and chaos erupted for 16 minutes before police and drivers quelled the melee.
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Scranton
Leggett's
Karolyi Case Ends in U S Court Dispute
The Countess Katherine Karolyi wife of Hungary's former president seeks a U S court order to compel Secretary Kellogg to instruct American counsel in Paris to visa her passport. The petition argues she does not fall into excluded classes and questions discretionary powers of the secretary under the immigration acts.
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Washington
Karolyi
State Department
Katherine Karolyi
Hungary
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Kellogg
Paris
Department
Ander
Chicago Doctors May Be Arrested In Narcotic Ring
Federal investigators indicated several Chicago physicians may be arrested soon in a narcotics ring. Two men were under arrest, William Mouzakiotis and Dr. Jack Moses, with bonds set at 25 000 and 10 000. They denied knowledge of the ring as agents hunted for others and the main cache.
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Chicago
William
Mouzakiotis
Jack Moses
Dr. Moses
Germany
Constantinople
New York
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King Albert of
Belgium
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Halland
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Amsterdam
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George A. Reisner
Harvard
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